Test Site

  • zayb321

    (@zayb321)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    I have built two very basic web sites using the Frugal theme. I want to rebuild these sites while leaving the old sites in tact until I am done with the new sites. Not only do ineed to know th ebest way to do this I need to know how to do it. For example, if the best way is to get a subdomain, build the site the transfer to the main url, I would need to know how to do that.

    Thank You In Advance.

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  • Rev. Voodoo

    (@rvoodoo)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    2 choices really, but both are similar.

    You caan install in a subdomain and move it, or you can install locally and move it. I love having a local install, I can have WP on my laptop with no internet needed. Work all I want, and then transfer.

    to install in a subdomain/directory you just set up the folder, and install. That’s easy. Then you do your stuff, and then you move it.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    To install locally, you set up a server on your computer (don’t worry, its not dangerous, you don’t have to open your server to the internet). What you use depends on what OS you have on your computer. I use wampserver, I also like xampp. for linux theres lamp, mac there’s mamp. You can google to learn about these.

    wampserver is really just a one click install. Its set up, and you install WP. There are tonnes of tutorials online about that. once you are done, you just move it, following above instructions.

    If you want to use all the data you already have, you use the export/import feature built into wordpress.

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